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Proposing a blockchain-based solution to verify the integrity of hardcopy documents

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dc.contributor.author Mthethwa, Sthembile N
dc.contributor.author Dlamini, Nelisiwe
dc.contributor.author Barbour, Graham
dc.date.accessioned 2019-02-24T10:24:52Z
dc.date.available 2019-02-24T10:24:52Z
dc.date.issued 2018-12
dc.identifier.citation Mthethwa, S.N., Dlamini, N. and Barbour, G. 2018. Proposing a blockchain-based solution to verify the integrity of hardcopy documents. 2018 International Conference on Intelligent and Innovative Computing Applications, ICONIC 2018, 6-7 December 2018, Holiday Inn Mauritius, Mon Trésor, Plaine Magnien, Mauritius en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://mauricon.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Mauricon-2018-Conference-Programme-6th-and-7th-December-2018-Holiday-Inn-MAURITIUS.pdf
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10727
dc.description The attachéd pdf contains the accepted version of the final paper. en_US
dc.description.abstract Even with the ability to produce documents digitally, the paperless environment has yet to become a reality in South Africa. Hardcopy documents are still printed daily which makes them susceptible to document fraud. In South Africa, a case was reported recently, where someone who was creating fake documents was exposed. This introduces the challenge when using hardcopy documents which is loss of integrity. Thus, it is vital to have systems in place to verify document integrity and be able to determine when a document has been tampered with. Various techniques have been used to secure documents yet the challenge persists. The combination of 2D barcodes, digital signatures, Optical Character Recognition (OCR), cryptographic hashing has proved the potential to achieve good results when combined. Recently, blockchain has been added as one of the techniques to be employed for document verification. This paper presents a proposed solution that incorporates the combination of 2D barcodes, OCR, cryptographic hashing and blockchain. As this is still on-going work, experiments are still required to demonstrate the viability of the solution. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries Worklist;21451
dc.subject Blockchain en_US
dc.subject 2D barcodes en_US
dc.subject Cryptographic hashing en_US
dc.subject Digital signatures en_US
dc.subject Document generation and validation en_US
dc.subject Document verification en_US
dc.subject Integrity en_US
dc.subject Optical character recognition en_US
dc.subject OCR en_US
dc.subject Secure hash algorithm (SHA-256) en_US
dc.subject Tesseract en_US
dc.title Proposing a blockchain-based solution to verify the integrity of hardcopy documents en_US
dc.type Conference Presentation en_US
dc.identifier.apacitation Mthethwa, S. N., Dlamini, N., & Barbour, G. (2018). Proposing a blockchain-based solution to verify the integrity of hardcopy documents. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10727 en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitation Mthethwa, Sthembile N, Nelisiwe Dlamini, and Graham Barbour. "Proposing a blockchain-based solution to verify the integrity of hardcopy documents." (2018): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10727 en_ZA
dc.identifier.vancouvercitation Mthethwa SN, Dlamini N, Barbour G, Proposing a blockchain-based solution to verify the integrity of hardcopy documents; 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10727 . en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Conference Presentation AU - Mthethwa, Sthembile N AU - Dlamini, Nelisiwe AU - Barbour, Graham AB - Even with the ability to produce documents digitally, the paperless environment has yet to become a reality in South Africa. Hardcopy documents are still printed daily which makes them susceptible to document fraud. In South Africa, a case was reported recently, where someone who was creating fake documents was exposed. This introduces the challenge when using hardcopy documents which is loss of integrity. Thus, it is vital to have systems in place to verify document integrity and be able to determine when a document has been tampered with. Various techniques have been used to secure documents yet the challenge persists. The combination of 2D barcodes, digital signatures, Optical Character Recognition (OCR), cryptographic hashing has proved the potential to achieve good results when combined. Recently, blockchain has been added as one of the techniques to be employed for document verification. This paper presents a proposed solution that incorporates the combination of 2D barcodes, OCR, cryptographic hashing and blockchain. As this is still on-going work, experiments are still required to demonstrate the viability of the solution. DA - 2018-12 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Blockchain KW - 2D barcodes KW - Cryptographic hashing KW - Digital signatures KW - Document generation and validation KW - Document verification KW - Integrity KW - Optical character recognition KW - OCR KW - Secure hash algorithm (SHA-256) KW - Tesseract LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2018 T1 - Proposing a blockchain-based solution to verify the integrity of hardcopy documents TI - Proposing a blockchain-based solution to verify the integrity of hardcopy documents UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10727 ER - en_ZA


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